Quarrington, Lincolnshire

Quarrington

Church of St Botolph, Quarrington
Quarrington
 Quarrington shown within Lincolnshire
Population 242 (2001)
OS grid referenceTF054444
   – London 100 mi (160 km)  S
DistrictNorth Kesteven
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district NG34
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentSleaford and North Hykeham
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Coordinates: 52°59′13″N 0°25′49″W / 52.986999°N 0.430413°W

Quarrington is a suburb of the market town of Sleaford, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

History

Quarrington's origins can be traced back to Anglo-Saxon times[1] when it was a hamlet of about 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) . A church at Quarrington is listed in the Domesday Book.[2] The present church building, which dates back to the early 13th century and is dedicated to St. Botolph, is built of Ancaster stone.

The ancient parish of Quarrington lies within Kesteven's Aswardhurn wapentake and is now served by North Kesteven District Council. The ecclesiastical parish of Quarrington merged with that of Old Sleaford (part of the ancient manor of Eslaforde) following the destruction of St Giles Church, however it was not until March 1888 that the civil parish of Quarrington gained part of Old Sleaford civil parish. Quarrington has been included in the Sleaford sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District since. Civil Registration started in July 1837.

The Kesteven County Asylum was built here, near the parish's north-western border with South Rauceby, at the end of the 19th century. After the hospital closed in 1998 a large housing development took its place, with the whole site and its adjoining Rauceby railway station renamed as Greylees.

Amenities

Quarrington's Public Elementary School on Grantham Road was built in 1868 and later enlarged to hold 190 children. Now known as St Botolph's Church of England Primary School, the school moved to its present site in 2002.[3]

In the early 1900s a large additional church was designed and planned to be built on donated land in the parish but closer to Sleaford. A new church hall was built in 1932 on Grantham Road[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dickinson, Tania M. (2004). "An early Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Quarrington, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire: Report on excavations, 2000-2001". Lincolnshire History and Archaeology (Lincoln, England, United Kingdom: Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology) (39): 24–45. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Quarrington Walk". Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom: North Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "About Our School". Quarrington, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom: St Botolph's Church of England Primary School. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Quarrington and Old Sleaford Parochial Church Council (March 2009). "Benefice Profile and Statement of Need: Quarrington, Cranwell and Silk Willoughby in the Deanery of Lafford, Diocese of Lincoln" (PDF). Diocese of Lincoln. p. 5. Retrieved 7 December 2010.

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